joining me now is democratic strategist chris kofinis and robert traynham. good morning, guys. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> at the top of the hour i talked to jason furman, chairman of the council of economic advisers. here's what he said about the minimum wage. >> if you look back, the last time we passed a minimum wage, president bush signed it into law. the time before that, speaker gingrich passed it out of the house. so this should be something that everyone can get behind. >> so, robert, why aren't republicans getting behind it? >> i'm not sure i agree with that, chris. when you take a look at the recent polls, three out of five republicans support a minimum wage. the vast majority of americans -- >> let me correct myself, republicans in congress. >> that's a bit different. specifically the house of representativ representatives, they enclosurely represent more deser conservative districts. what i suspect is that there's going to be some type of a compromise here. it may not be 10.10 an hour but perhaps $9 an hour or something like that. so i t